Cork-machine.



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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18. 1912.

A. CAMINITI.

CORK MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.18. 1912.

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coax MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I8. 1912.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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A. CAMINITI.

CORK MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED omis. 1912.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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Smm/tov 17in-onza Garmin 2% nir ANTONIO CAMINITI, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORK-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented New. so, tara.

Application filed December 18, 1912. Serial No. 737,538.

b all vvwhom it may Conce-rn Be it known that ANTONIO CAaunrrr, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cork-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of the invention is to improve and refine the construction of cork or stopper making machines and to adapt such structures for. turning out corks or rStoppers of non-circular contour in cross section. And to this end the invention re sides in certain combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter to be described in the accompanying specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming one embodiment of the invention and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in vertical section of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of parts of the machine cut on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 and showing parts broken away. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the carrier. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but on a larger scale and showing the parts in different position from that shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of a beveled pinion and supporting means used in the machine. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view of part of the ma- 35 chine cut on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2. Fig.

9 is an enlarged pla-n view of a block delivery means used in conjunction with the machine.

Briefly stated, my invention consists in cutting a ,strip of cork 5 the thickness of which corresponds to the length of the finished cork, into blocks or squares 6, intro ducing the squares to a carrier which moves each square into contact with av knife 7 which is arranged so as to cut off or round the corners of the squares and finally introducing the squares to a grinding or finishing disk 8 which operates to remove whatever raggedness which results from the cutting by the knife 7 and to grind or even the surfaceV of the cork or stopper. f

A supporting frame, the upper portion of which is shown in Fig. 1 and indicated by 9, 1s attached to a suitable base (not shown). The lower portion of this frame (not shown) carries suitable driving shafts (not shown) which are operatively connected in any well known manner to the circular knives 7 and 10 and to a vertical shaft 11 also journaled in the frame 9 and in a superstructure 12 arranged on one end portion of the said frame. A disk 13 is suitably fixed to the upper end portion of the shaft 11 beyond the superstructure 12, such as by a contractible sleeve 14, and this disk carries an eccentrically disposed wrist pin 15 arranged for radial adjustment in a slot 16 in the disk and forming a bearing for one end of a connecting rod 16 Whose length may be varied by a turn-buckle 17 to `cornpensate for an adjustment of the wrist pin to a position nearer the center of the disk than shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and which connects the said disk with a crank arm 18 that provides a support or carrier for a pawl 19.

A shaft 20 has one end held in a bearing 22 in the frame 9 and its upper end portion extending through and beyond the superstructure -12 and loosely fitted in the crank arm 18. A sleeve 23 loose upon the shaft 20 has fixed to its upper end and directly beneath the crank arm 18 a ratchet 24 whose teeth al'e so disposed as to be successively engaged by the pawl 19 when the said pawl is moved in one direction. Arranged on the sleeve and located below the superstructure 12 is a bevel gear wheel 25 whose teeth mesh with a plurality of bevel pinions 26-26 arranged between the arms of yokes 27-27 which are arranged upright and secured by suitable fastening means such as by screws 28, to a table 29 which has ari-enlarged central opening 30 for the sleeve 23.

Below the table 29 is a vibrator herein shown as including a disk 30' fixed to the sleeve 23 and an annular member 31 screwed or otherwise suitably fastened to the disk and having a depending-portion 32 the inner surface of which is corrugated as indicated at 33 in Fig. 4, or'otherwise suitably formed so as to impart a reciprocating or vibrating motion to a series of rolls 34 which are arranged on pins 35 disposed in arms 36 and angular projections 37 of a carrier.

In addition to the arms 36 the carriers consist of a wheel 38 whose hub 39 is fixed to the shaft and disposed below the depending portion 32 of the vibrator. The arms 36 are disposed between the radial guides 39 of the .wheel and are arranged so as to have the rolls 34 in horizontal alinement with-the corrugated surface 33 of the vibrator into which surface the rolls are held by compression springs 41 which bear on a bushin 42 and on the angular projections 37 of t 1e arms, the arms being of such length that a space will exist between their inner ends and the shaft 20 when the rolls are in the furrows of the corrugated surface 33, all of which is shown in Figs. l and 5. The bottoms of the guides which-support the arms 36 have 'eilt-away portions in .which areal-ranged blocks. 43 held by suitable fasten-mg means. such as bolts 44, and

l 'carrying bracket arms-45I to which are pivoted rock arms 46-the inner end portions of whicharel normally'depressed by compresslon springsA 47 which are connected to blocks 48 arranged in cut-away portions invwardly of those-which receive the blocks 43 and secured by suitable fastening means, such .as lbolts 49. The outer ends of the arms 36 are each provided with superimposed yokes 50 and 51. The spindles 52 are journaled in the arms of the yokes 50, their lower ends extending below the lower arms of such yokes and having fixed thereto disks 53 whose lower surfaces are barbed. Bevel gears 54 are fixed to the spindles between the arms of the yokes 50 and mesh with bevel gears 55 connected to shafts 56 journaled 1n upright portions of the yokes 50 and slidingly fitted in the yokes 27 and in the pinions 26. As shown in, Figs. 1 and 7 ball clutches 57 are employed for connecting the pinions 26 with the shafts 56, the balls of such clutches being set in longitudinal grooves in the shafts 56, whereby to prevent independent turning movement of the pinions and shafts, but permitting of longitudinal movement of the said shafts y56. The spindles 58 are arranged for turning and sliding movements in the lower arms 59 of the lower yokes 51, the upper end portions of such spindles having disks 60 with barbed surfaces in vertical alinement with the barbed surfaces of the disks 53. The collars 61 loosely receive the lower end portions of the spindles 58 but are held against longitudinal movement on the said spindles and are connected to the stirrups 62 at the outer ends of the rock arms 46.

A ratchet 63 is fast upon the shaft 20 and 'located a trifie above the bearing 22 and directly below a lever arm 64 loose upon the A roller on the pitman 69 is arranged in y the path of movement of a cam 71 on the shaft 1l so that upon the cams contacting with the roller 70, the pitman 69 will be moved outwardly or to the lft in Fig. 3 thus transmitting movement to the ratchet through the connecting rod andpawl. A

spring 72 surrounding the pin 73 which connects the pitman to the frame, is arranged so as to be contracted or tcnsioned upon the outward movement of the pitman, whereby to restore the pitman and the pawl to their normal positions upon the moving of the cam away from the roll 70.

74 is a toothed disk fast upon the shaft 20 and arranged above the ratchet 63. A dog 75 pivoted to one side of the frame 9 and inwardly from the shaft 11, is arranged to coperate with any of the notches in the disk to control the movement of the shaft 20 with the parts fastened thereto. A spring 76 surrounding the pivot of the dog 75 is arranged so as to normally hold the dog in engagement with the disk. The dog is operated to engage the disk by a link 7 which is connected to the dog by pin and slot connections 78 and which slides upon an inwardly directed angular extension 79 on one side of the frame 9. A lever 80 is pivotally mounted in a bracket 81 on the frame 9 and located above the horizontal plane of the cam 71. This crank is connected to one end of the link 77 and isoperated by a spring 82 so as to normally hold the link in the position shown in Fig. 3, where it is seen that the link in this position effects the locking of the disk 74 by the dog 75. The free end portion of the lever 80 extends into the path of movement of a cam 83 on the shaft 11, which cam is proportioned so as to effect during one revolution of the shaft, the outward movement of the lever 80 and the disengagement of the dog 75 from the disk 74. l

The frame extension 79 is provided with a quadrantal cam 84 arranged in the path of movement of the rollers 85 on the inner ends of the rock arms 46. One end of this cam 84 is beveled so as to admit of the rollers 85 riding upwardly thereon when the carrier is moving in a clockwise direction. The link 77 is provided with a lateral extension 86 that supports a projection 87 that forms a regular continuation for the cam 84 when the parts are positioned as shown link 77 to the left in Fig. 3.

A bracket 88 is suitably connected such as by in and slot connections 89, for vertical adjustment on the frame 9. A table or platform 90 supported by the bracket 88, has a slot 91 for the passage of the knife 10. A feed device in the form of a slide 92 and a guide 93'are associated with the table 90the said slide being located in a longitudinal groove 94 of the table and having its movement in the said groove controlled in one direction by an adjustable sto in the form of a bolt or pin 95. The guide 93 is connected to one end of the slide 92 and has a relatively generous bearing surface 96 for the strip 5 of cork or other suitable material to be cut and also has a slot 98 in direct alinement with the knife 10.

Superimposed on the table 90 and located to one sideof the knife 10, is a trough lthe upright side portion 99 of which is fixed, while the opposite side portion 100 is connected -to brackets 101 which are adjustably connected to the table by screw and slot connections 102. The brackets 101 have inwardly directed extensions 103 which support a guide strip 104 extending over the middle of the trough whereby to prevent upward movement of the pieces of cut cork 105 located in the trough. The trough at one end opens into the space flanked on one side by the guide 93 and its op osite end has arms or extensions 106 and 10 A roll 108 is interposed between the extension 106 and the side 100 of the trough and a projection or stop 109 is arranged on the outer end of the extension 106 and in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extension 107 is pivotally connected to the upright side 99 of the trough and a spring 110 tends to force the extension 107 inwardly, whereby to effect contact between the rolls 111--111 and the innermost piece of cork.

In assembling the machine the'parts are so adjusted that the cam 83 will effect the disengagement of the dog 75 from the disk 74 prior to the time that the cam 71 is in position to operate the pawl and advance the ratchet 63 and by virtue of the relative positions of the cam 83 and wrist pin 15, the latter will begin moving in a direction that will effect the retracting of the pawl 19, that is to say, the pawl will be moved tothe right in Fig. 2 at substantially the same time as contact is effected between the cam 83 and the lever 80, but inasmuch as an amount of lost motion will be had by the link 77 prior to the moving of the dog 75 the parts operated through the connecting rod 16 will be at rest before those parts controlled by the pawl 65 areset in operation. Owing to their relative sizes in point of radius the peripheral speed of the cam 71 will be greater than the disk 13, therefore the parts operated through `the cam will move at a greater speed than those operated through the disk, but owing to the difference in construction of thek cam and disk the duration of movement of the parts connected to the disk will be longer than those operated by the cam.

In operation, the strip 5 is arranged on the table 90 and adjusted so as tobear on 'the surface 96 of the guide 93. The guide 93 is then moved outwardly by hand for a distance sufficient to admit of passing the strip 5 between it and the knife 10. The endof this strip is then adjusted to aline with the inner surface of the side 100 of the trough after which the guide is pushed in a direction to introduce the cork to the knife and the pushing continued until the knife is passed through the cork and entered the recessed portion 98 at which time the end of the slide will be in contact with the bolt 95 (assuming that the said bolt has been properly adjusted) so that further movement 0f the guide is prevented.y It will be observed that the aforesaid movement on the part of the guide advances the piececut from the strip 5 into the trough and beneath the guide 104 so that when the necessary piece is cut from the strip the entrance of such piece into the trough will advance the first piece toward the opposite end of the trough. This feeding or advancing of the cut pieces continues until the first piece is in the posi tion shown in Fig. 2 and here it will be observed that the piece is held by the extension 106 and the spring action of the extension 107. The extension 107 yields as the said piece is being forced over the circular portion 108 of the extension 106 and the rolls 111-111, but moves inwardly and holds the cut piece as shown in Fig. 2 when the said cut piece passes the extension 108.

Referring now to Fig. 1 for a view of the position of the parts and assuming that the cam 83 is about to contact with the lever 80, the pawl 19 about to be retracted and the roller 85 bearing on the extension 87 of the quadr'antal cam 84, in this position of the parts it will be observed that the cam has effected the rocking of the arm 46 so that the spindle 58 is moved downwardly and a relatively wide space is presented between the ldisks -53 and 60. Now since this downward movement on the part of the spindles 58 can take place only when the spindles 52 and 58 are moving into a position in alinement with the outermost piece of cork and further since the throw of the pawl is sufiicient only to move the yoke indicated by 7/ in Fig. 2 from the position shown, into that occupied by the succeeding yoke indicated by in each Step, then when it is remembe cut by the knife.

bered that upon the beginning of contact4 between the cam 83 and lever 80 the retracting of the pawl is being effected, it will be further observed that the extension 87 of the quadrantal cam will be moved to the position shown in Fig. 5 upon furthr movement of the cam-83. The withdrawing of the extension 87 trips. the rock arm '46 and this effects the upward movement of the spindle 58, which spindle, like the spindle 52 being' in alinement with the outermost piece of cork, effects contact between the disk and the lower end of said piece of cork with the result that the cork yielding to the upward movement of the spindle is clamped between the disks 53 and 60. clamping of the piece of cork the cam 83 will have effected the unlocking of the disk 74 and the cam 71 will begin to operate on the lever 69. This will have the effect of operating the pawl to advance theA ratchet 63 and effect the turning of the shaft 20. Since the carrier is fast on the shaft the turning of the latter will move the carrier for an angular distance `in proportion to the throw of the pawl 65 and since the parts are so proportioned as to have the throw of the pawl bear a certain relation to the distance between the center of the piece of cork shown in Fig. 2 and the 'edge of the knife 7, it will be manifest that at the end of the angular movement of the pawl the carrier will have been-moved so that the part indicated by zc in Fig. 2 will occupy the position of the part indicated by a. Now since the knife 7 is arranged substantially tangential to the disks 53 and 60, it will be manifest that upon contact between the knife and a section of the cork projecting beyond the disks that such section will Now when it is remembered that the dogl 75 will be released before the end of the turning movement of i the ratchet 63, it will be seen that at the end of the Lturning movement of the ratchet the dog will move into one of the notches. of the disk 74 as shown in Fig. 3 and when it is further remembered that the pawl 19 is being retracted during the movement of the ratchet G3 then it will be manifest that the said pawl 19 will be positioned to operate the ratchet 24 only after the ratchet 63 has come to rest and the disk 74 locked by the vdog 75. Now upon engagement between the pawl 19 and the ratchet 24 and movement of the pawl in a ,direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, the ratchet with the parts connected thereto willy be rotated. This will effect the turning of the bevel gear wheel 25 and. the rotation of the cork before the knife lthrough the connection between the spindles and lwheel 25. Now, remembering that the disk`42 which is included in the vibrator, is

connected to the sleeve 23 it will be seen that when the sleeve rotates and turns the Upon the one of the `corner portions of the piece in' the path of the knife when the said arm occupies the position indicated by z in the same figure. N ow the turning of the piece of cork will effect the cutting or rounding of one of the corners thereof by the knife 7. Upon the rounding of such corner the arm is -retracted by the vibrator and upon further turning of the cork the succeeding corner is y brought into the positionirst occupied by the rounded corner and at such time as the arm is fully projected, whereupon the roundingor cutting of the secondcorner will be had. This will continue until the four corners are cut or rounded, at which time the pawl 19 will have begun its retracting' movement and the pawl 65 positioned to move the ratchet 63. After the clamping of the cork by the disks 53 and 60, the projection 107 will yield outwardly on the beginning of movement on .the part of the carrier, and thus liberate the cork from the trough. After `the operation on the cork by the knife 7 the arm indicated by z in Fig. 2 will be advanced to that indicated by e' in the same figure and the arm indicated by will occupy the position of that indicated by z. The third Step of the carrier will advance the arm indicated by v to the position indicated by L0 in Fig. 2 andthe fourth step willbring the arm into the position indicated by fr in Fig. 2 and into contact with the abrading wheel 8. Here the arm will vibratethe cork as before and the turning of the abrading wheel 8 will effect the grinding or finishing of the cork. The

next step w1ll advance the arm indicated by a in Fig. 2 to that indicated by fz/ in the same figure, and during the sixth or last step, the roll on such arm will lower thespindle 58 thus leaving the cork in a position to drop from the disk 60 or to be removed therefrom by abutting with the projection 106 whereupon the cork will fall into a suitable receptacle.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A many spindle pattern governedlathe, comprising a rotatable carrier, means for intermittently rotating the same,V a plurality of spindles mounted on frames radially slidable in said carrier, intermittently rotating means concentric With said carrier for rotating said spindles duringthe inter val in the rotation of the carrier, said means comprising an annular cam pattern surface for radially reciprocating said spindle ca'rrying frames.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses. v

ANTONIO CAMINITI.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. DoNELsoN, GEO. A. BYRNE. 

